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“The Mind Is a Frightening Place” Show Statement & Pictures

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First, the original promotion and artist statement: Visit the Downtown Improvement District Office September–October to see Art Alliance member Randi Anderson’s exhibition, The Mind is a Frightening Place, an exhibition of acrylic paintings and poetry that explore the inner world of desires, fears, and mental illness. Is your mind a safe place? I wonder how … Read more…

“Midsommar Crowns” Show Statement & Reflection

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Original artist statement for the Midsommar Crowns show at the Bellefonte Art Museum, February 2022. A brief reflection follows! In the 2019 horror film Midsommar, there’s a striking emotional core in which the heroine Dani’s emotional vulnerability is treated as a burden and outright annoyance by her emotionally stunted, indecisive, and indifferent boyfriend, for whom she … Read more…